Annie Leonard

Making Cosmetics Safe

As a founding member and sponsor of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, the Breast Cancer Fund has been working hard to get toxic chemicals out of personal care products.

The reason: the cosmetics industry uses thousands of synthetic chemicals as ingredients, even those linked to cancer, infertility and birth defects.

Carcinogens have no place in cosmetics and personal care products. Yet the United States government does not systematically assess the safety of personal care products. In fact, we lag behind other countries in cosmetic safety, allowing hazardous chemicals that are banned in Canada, Japan and Europe.